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Critically endangered turtle lays eggs on Thai beach

A critically endangered Hawksbill sea turtle climbed out from the sea and onto a beach deserted due to coronavirus restrictions on Thailand's Koh Samui island, just before midnight on Thursday to lay a large number of eggs. Read more...

NASA will pay Russian space agency MILLION for a seat on its rocket despite the SpaceX launch

NASA is set to pay the Russian space agency million for a seat on the Soyuz rocket to send an astronaut to the ISS in October, despite the success of the Falcon 9 launch this month. Read more...

As the West settles into a grinding battle with the disease, the virus surges across the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and South Asia. Read more...

Post Office could lose power to prosecute staff

The British Criminal Cases Review Commission has serious concerns after hundreds of postmasters may have been wrongfully convicted for theft, fraud and false accounting. Read more...

Dwain Chambers disqualified for false start at British Indoor Championships as he makes comeback

Dwain Chambers false started on his return from retirement at the British Indoor Championships on Saturday before indicating his comeback would extend to the outdoor season. Read more...

Lawsuit filed challenging Trump's social media executive order

A nonprofit advocacy group partially funded by Big Tech has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order on social media, marking Silicon Valley's first major legal effort to resist the plan. Read more...

Dont Thank the Virus for Saving the Climate Yet

There are lessons to be learned and some benefits already but its complicated. (Of course!) Read more...

NY Catholics receive their blessings, from a distance

Priests from Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church in New York City set out on Sunday morning to lead a procession called the Blessed Sacrament, to bring blessings to worshippers outside their homes while their church sanctuary is closed. Read more...

Patricia Reed Scott, Who Cast New York as Hollywood East, Dies at 86

Working for two mayors, she re-established the city as the prime East Coast outpost for movie and TV production, clearing out traffic more than once. Read more...

During an off-roading adventure through Mongolia, Sadie Whitelocks stopped off for tea with a welcoming local family. She was shown how they milk a horse and served snuff in their ger. Read more...

Trumps Approval Slips Where He Cant Afford to Lose It Among Evangelicals

Polls and private concerns from top social conservatives show the presidents standing with the cornerstone of his base isnt what it used to be. A photo op with the Bible was supposed to help fix that. Read more...

The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Read more...

Netanyahu defiant as he arrives for start of trial

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Jerusalem's District Court on Sunday, denouncing the charges against him as his trial on corruption charges got underway. Read more...

Most Covid patients handed over just ONE contact to track and trace team in England last week

A leaked Government document revealed that just 10,000 close contacts were handed over by 8,000 people who were diagnosed with coronavirus in England last week. Read more...

Russia's Nornickel says it will pay for clean-up after fuel spill

Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel will fully finance the clean-up operation after a major fuel spill in the Arctic and sees it costing around 10 billion roubles (5 million), the company's president, Vladimir Potanin, said on Friday. Read more...

ECB gives euro zone fresh shot of stimulus

The ECB moved to increase stimulus for the region's crisis-battered economies on Thursday, ramping up its planned bond purchases to 1.35 trillion euros. Julian Satterthwaite reports. Read more...

Trump retweets interview where Candace Owens says she is 'sickened' that George Floyd is a martyr

Owens made the controversial remarks during an interview with radio host Glenn Beck Friday. Trump shared a portion of the interview with his 81.8 million followers. Read more...

Bureau of Meteorology weather radar picks up on mystery rain band over Toowoomba

The Bureau of Meteorology had forecast clear skies and low temperatures in southern Queensland for Friday night. Read more...

This Time, Hardly Anyone Followed Trumps Lead on Virus Drugs

Prescriptions soared after the president began promoting two antimalarial drugs to treat coronavirus infections. Nothing of the sort happened when he later announced he was taking one of them. Read more...

Kettling of Peaceful Protesters Shows Aggressive Shift by N.Y. Police

Officers have charged and swung batons at demonstrators after curfew with seemingly little provocation. The mayor said he would review any reports of inappropriate enforcement. Read more...